| DEFLECTION | Alteration made to the path of an object in motion |
| MEASURED | Saw the extent of certain alterations made to the outside (8) |
| INERTIA | AJR song with the lyric, "An object in motion, don't ask where I'm going" |
| TRAJECTORY | Path of an object through the air (10) |
| HEADWIND | Wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ADJUSTMENT | Small alteration made to achieve a desired fit (10) |
| ATOMISER | Alterations made to Marie's spray (8) |
| AERODYNAMICS | Properties of a solid object in motion (12) |
| SPAWN | Of an object in a video game, to appear in an environment |
| OUTLINE | Contour indicating the shape of an object in a sketch; representation of a word in shorthand; or, a synopsis (7) |
| DOLLYPARTON | In 2019, this country legend pulled a 9-year-old singer from the path of an oncoming car on the set of a Netflix movie |
| PERIAPSIS | Point in the path of an orbiting body at which it is closest to the body that it orbits (9) |
| PARALLAX | Apparent change in the direction of an object, in astronomy (8) |
| CIRCUIT | Track for motor racing; or, the path of an electric current (7) |
| AWRINKLEINTIME | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| PENTIMENTO | Italian word for an alteration made by an artist during the process of painting, later found hidden beneath a subsequent paint layer (10) |
| JOHNLOGIEBAIRD | First person to televise pictures of objects in motion (4,5,5) |
| ORBITAL | Relating to the path in which a celestial body moves (7) |
| BUSTARD | The shoot occupied by an object in the sky - a bird |
| TESTAMENTARY | Matters yet, an alteration made about a will (12) |
